Air Line bridge over Judd Brook, December 2018.JPG
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Air Line State Park Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Salmon River State Forest near Hope Valley, CT. It climbs 319 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi262 – 532 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.62718, -72.39067
Nearest town Hope Valley, CT

Directions

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Air Line State Park Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 319 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 261–531 ft

Out & Back · Salmon River State Forest

Trailhead: 41.62718, -72.39067

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  15. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  16. 450 ftTurn left onto Air Line State Park Trail, heading SW.
  17. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
  20. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  21. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  22. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  25. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  27. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  29. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  30. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  31. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  33. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

86% dirt2% gravel12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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